Coin-holder.



UNITED STATES Patented August L1, 1903.-

PATENT OFFICE;

PI-IILMER O. FISH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS ALBERT COOL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,080, dated August 11, 1903.

Application filed February 3, 1903. Serial No. 141,770- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILMER O. FISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates particularly to coinholders, and has for its object to provide a coin-holder into which coins may be readily 1 inserted, safely retained, in which the contained coins are readily visible and may be counted without opening the coin-holder, and from which the coins may be readily removed when desired.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

In the form illustrated in the drawings the coin-holder of my invention consistsof but three parts-viz., the receptacle A, (which is composed of parallel longitudinalwires a,bent in the form shown in the drawings and having their ends secured by means of solder at the points indicated as b and 0,) a coil-spring B, contained within the receptacle A, and a collar 0. The spring B is placed Within the receptacle A during the process of making the receptacle A and fits snugly therein, and the collar 0 is provided with the perforated flange c, which flange c is by means of its perforations mounted upon the wires a. The spring B is normally distended, one end thereof being seated against the end of the receptacle A and the opposite end being seated beneath the flange 0'. Thus the collar 0 is normally held against the end of the receptacle A.

Coins may be placed within the receptacle at any desired point by forcing the coin through the spring B, the coin being held parallel with the wires a, as indicated by the hand and coin in Fig. 1 and by the coin shown in Fig. 2. The coins thus inserted are securely held, are visible from the exterior of the coins holder, and may be readily counted.

When it is desired to withdraw any of the coins from the coin-holder, the collar 0 is pulled away from the end of the receptacle A, with which it is normally in contact, as indicated by the position of the collar 0, (shown in Fig. 1,) when the coins will drop through and between the wires a, as shown by the lower coin in Fig. 1, at a point between the collar O and the end of the receptacle A, from which the collar O has been depressed.

In order to facilitate'the removability of the coins, I have extended one of the wires a beyond the point of soldered connection (indicated by b) to form the projection a. The projection a servesto deflect the coins and cause them to present their edges parallel to the wires a and prevents the coins from becoming crossed and caught between the wires a.

In order to prevent the collar 0 from being depressed so far as to strain the spring B and impair its resiliency, I have provided one of the wires a with a small hump d, which serves as a catch for the desired purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to have secured to me by the grant of Letters Patent, is

1. A coinholder consisting of a receptacle composed of parallel longitudinal wires, a

spring mounted within the receptacle, and a collar carried by the spring and slidably mounted on the wires, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A coin-holder consisting of a receptacle composed of parallel longitudinal wires, a spring mounted within the receptacle, a projection axially mounted within the receptacle, and a collar carried by the spring and slidably mounted on the wires, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. A coin-holder the combination of the receptacle A, coil-spring B and flange-collar G, the receptacle A being formed of wires a, the end of one of the wires being bent to form the projection a and another of the wires being bent at a point intermediate its length to form the hump cl, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED A. EIOKS, M. G. IRION. 

